. >> reporter: i'm diane eastabrook in aurora illinois. still ahead, the help wanted sign is out at dyson. >> susie: on wall street today, the u.s. bond market was closed for the columbus day holiday, but stocks were trading. the major averages were in the red as investors brace for the worst earnings season in three years. the flood of third quarter results kicks off tomorrow with dow component alcoa reporting its results after the bell. ahead of that, the dow fell 26 points, the nasdaq lost 23, the s&p down five points. joining us now to talk more about quarterly earnings, and the outlook for the markets: scott wren, senior equity strategist at wells fargo advisors. hi, scott, i want to start off by getting your take on quarterly earnings. looking here on this graph about what the forecast had been calling for is a drop of 2.4% in third quarter earnings year-over-year. it will be the first decline in 11 quarters. and over the last couple of weeks we have he been getting a steady stream of earnings warnings. so scott, will the numbers rea